Elizabeth Ogboli-Nwasor
MBBS, FWACS, MD, MPH
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• President of the Nigerian Society of Anaesthetists (NSA)
• President of the IASP Cancer Pain Special Interest Group
• Vice President II of the Society for the Study of Pain, Nigeria (SSPN)

Biography

Prof Elizabeth Ogboli Nwasor is the President of the Nigerian Society of Anaesthetists (NSA), and President of the IASP Cancer Pain Special Interest Group. She is also Vice President II of the Society for the Study of Pain, Nigeria (SSPN). She is a member of the Education Committee of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA), and a former member of the Faculty Board of Anaesthesia of the West African College of Surgeons. She was the Mace Bearer of the West African College of Surgeons from 2011-2017. She is also the immediate Past President of Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State Branch.

Dr. Elizabeth Onuwa Ogboli Nwasor MBBS, FWACS, MPH, graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria School of Medicine in 1990. She finished her anaesthesia Residency training and became a Specialist in Anaesthesia in 2001. She received her Masters in Public Health at the Ahmadu Bello University School of Medicine in 2010. She has participated in a number of educational projects and is a recipient of numerous scholarships, awards and grants.

She is a Professor of Obstetric Anaesthesia and pain Management in the department of Anaesthesia, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and Chief Consultant, Head Obstetric Anaesthesia Unit, Department of Anaesthesia ABUTH Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. She is also the Chair, Pain Management Team and Pain Relief In Labour Service, ABUTH Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.

She is the Hospital Champion, Pain Free Hospital Initiative ABUTH Zaria. Professor Nwasor is also the Programme Lead for the WFSA Obstetric Anaesthesia Fellowship Programme in Nigeria.

Prof Ogboli Nwasor is an author and co-author/editor of 5 Medical books including a textbook titled ‘Introductory Anaesthesiology’ and has over 40 articles in international and national peer-reviewed medical journals. She has presented over sixty-five (65) papers at conferences, seminars and workshops as well as in official conference proceedings. Her main scientific interests and specialization are in the fields of Obstetric Anaesthesia, Pain Management and Palliative Care, Pain Education, Patient Safety and Clinical Quality. She is married with Children